With the global temperature rises, South Korea frequently experiences heat wave, tropical nights and abnormal high temperature phenomena. Impacts of such heat wave, even if at the same intensity, can vary according to individuals' adaption to heat wave and regional climate characteristics. This study thus aims to examine the impacts on regional heat-wave frequency on heat-related disease deaths, and to propose heat-wave reduction measures for the minimization of heat wave damage. Various domestic and overseas heatwave criteria and regional heat-wave criteria were examined. Based on the domestic heat wave criteria, guidelines for watch and warning over heat wave, the regional heat wave occurrence frequency was analyzed, and the correlation between the frequency, and heat-wave-affected deaths, and death rates was analyzed. Regional heat wave occurrence days and heat-wave-affected death rates were analyzed, revealing that regions with more occurrences of heat wave had a high heat-wave-affected death rate (about 76%), and that even regions with a low correlation between heat wave and death rate had a death rate of about 24%. In addition, heat wave reduction measures to minimize such heat wave damage were proposed, and a need to prepare differentiated heat wave countermeasures considering the aforementioned regional characteristics was indicated.
According to IPCC(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), the earth temperature is expected to increase 6.4 o C from global warming in the 21st and increase average summer temperatures and the frequency and intensity of heat wave. The heat wave of Europe in 2003 caused 35,000 deaths and economy losses of above 13 billion dollars. All countries of the world recognized the importance to response heat wave from 2003 event of Europe. Every country is developing warning system for heat wave response, establishing activities to heat wave plan. In this study we suggested effective methods for heat wave response in Korea through investigating heat wave damage and responses of abroad.Key words
In the modern society with high science and technological level, many people have been tried to mitigate natural disaster. The disaster was so huge that we made special service organization which deal with 'The Natural Disaster Endangered Districts'. But the analysis of the organization's works was inadequate. In order to analyze their regeneration project, this study selected analysis area and did a spot survey. We did validity, reliability tests and statistical data analysis of this survey. We also did reliability analysis of this policy using Structural Equation Model. According to the result, there is a reasonable suitability in 'The Natural Disaster Repair work Policy'. And it also improved spiritual, substantial environment of the surrounding people. The people formed positive awareness about Government Repairing Policy. This 'Natural Disaster Repair work Policy' is essential to improve and develop local community. Therefore it will affect democratic development of society.
Natural disaster has been hard to prevent the occurrence of itself, thus in order to reduce the economic damages and loss casualties, it is important to be prepared in cases that the disasters should occur in advance. Interest of the related project to prevent various natural disasters has been grown along with an investment in Korea. Along with this movement, when investments related to natural disaster prevention projects were built on, the post evaluation that can verify the ripple effects of those investments on the community should be emerging as an essential task. For evaluating the effects of public investment projects such as natural disaster prevention projects in this study, the related researches would continue through qualitative analyses, for example, cost-benefit analysis. Even the qualitative analysis alone cannot fully explain the effects of those projects, the diverse methods of analyzing and evaluating those effects might not have been presented in those fields. For the post evaluation of natural disaster prevention projects through the qualitative analysis, this study derived subjects that had effects on the post evaluation of natural disaster prevention projects. Also, employing the structural equation modeling (SEM), the causation between post evaluation subjects and the effects of projects were quantitatively analyzed, and the weighting factors of evaluation items were calculated respectively. Based on these results, post evaluation index formula was proposed for the natural disaster prevention projects in Korea.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety is a backbone of the disaster-management system in Korea and operates a prior consultation system for the management of the disaster and safety budget. This study analyzed problems and proposed improvement strategies for the pre-consultation system for the disaster and safety management budget, which has been implemented since 2015. The issues that were found in the budget plans for the fiscal years of 2016-2018 are that, first, the investment strategy of the disaster safety project is insufficient to reflect the characteristics of recent disaster safety accidents; second, the classification system of disaster and safety budget is indefinite; and third, investment priority criteria have redundancies. To firmly solidify the pre-consultation system, several possible solutions to these three main issues are suggested. First, disaster damages and losses should be compiled to find implications; second, the current classification system should be reviewed; and third, investment priority criteria in 2018 should be reviewed. Therefore, an improvement of the classification system and investment priority criteria is desired for more efficient management of the disaster and safety budget.
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